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of a beautiful woman.
    Preston would be lying if he said the sight of her with Lance hadn’t excited him. He’d been standing there longer than they knew, watching them, his own cock hard in his pants. He’d been thrilled and aroused to hear his name on Carly’s lips as she rode the wave of passion. He’d only stepped in when he thought Lance was in danger of doing something that might ruin their ménage before it even got started, and potentially damaging Lance’s relationship with Carly. The other man might not know it, but Preston’s interference benefited all of them.
    He and Lance would have to make their peace, but right now his main focus was Carly.
    “Tell me about yourself,” Carly said. “We talked about me, but not you. What do you do?” She gestured to his hand. “How did you get involved with the Trinity Masters?”
    Preston looked at the signet ring he wore, stamped with the Trinity Masters’ emblem. “Like you, I officially joined in college. I went to Boston College for my undergrad, Harvard for my PhD, and then did my post doc at Cal, which is how I ended up in San Francisco.”
    The server came again and there was a pause while they ordered.
    “I’m a partner in a small nano-tech firm. I started it with several friends from my PhD program.”
    “I thought you were a chemist. ”
    “I am. Nanotechnology is chemistry.”
    “I thought it was tiny machines.”
    Preston laughed, and then used breadsticks to diagram what he was talking about. Carly was smart, almost scarily so, and within minutes she was asking questions that could qualify as chemistry dissertation topics.
    It reminded him that what was between them, all of them, was about far more than just sex or attraction. They were the building blocks of the future.
    “I wonder what Lance does,” Preston said, as much to himself as to her.
    “That’s a good question.” Carly turned to look out the window. “My money is on military.”
    Preston thought that was a fair guess. “Carly, are you really okay, after what happened, after what he did?”
    “Are you?” Her gaze searched his face.
    He nodded, then smiled to show he was sincere. She seemed relieved, her shoulders relaxing.
    “I shouldn’t have let it g et that far. I didn’t mean to. I t just happened.”
    “It’s fine. If you want to be alone with Lance you’re welcome to do so, as long as you’re not hiding it from me.”
    “You’re really okay with this?”
    “I am.” He’d been raised by a trinity. T o him , the idea of Carly and Lance together w as both arousing and comforting because it felt right. He knew it wouldn’t always be possible, or practical, for all three of them to be together, and he wanted his partners to have a strong, solid relationship.
    Her gaze narrowed. “You never answered my question about how you got involved in… this.” She kept her voice down. Around them , the restaurant was filling with early diners.
    “I’m a legacy.”
    “A what?”
    “My parents, and by parents I mean both mothers and my father, were members of the Trinity Masters.”
    Carly’s mouth dropped open in shock. “You…have two mothers.”
    “Yes.”
    She licked h er lips, frowning . “That’s why you were upset when I wasn’t excited. You understa nd this, and I’m guessing you’ ve been looking forward to it your whole life.”
    “Exactly.”
    “Wow.” She sat back, wineglass in hand. “So people do have children?”
    “Of course. You assumed they didn’t?”
    “Actually, I did. I mean , isn’t it hard to work out? One person is always going to be left out. It’s biology.”
    “My other mother, who I call Imo, was always a part of our lives. We lived next door to each other, and when I was young my father and Imo started a company together. My parents have done more to improve science education in the U . S . in the past ten years tha n in the fifty proceeding.”
    “Wait, do they own Eduvation?”
    “Yes.”
    “I went to an Eduvation